US Iraq and Syria bases lack effective air defenses
For years I have complained that vulnerable American bases in Iraq and Syria lacked adequate air defenses. Bottom line: they still...
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Iranian influence fuels injustice in Iraq
An Iraqi court judgment imprisoning a young man for criticizing a governmental entity sparked anger and rejection in the southern...
Understanding the current chaos in Iraq
After two days of deadly unrest, armed supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr began to clear out of Baghdad’s Green Zone at the behest of...
How Iraq’s political turmoil could embolden Iran
Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens swept the streets of Baghdad in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The Shiite...
Iraq at deadly crossroads following Sadrists’ resignations
Since the downfall of Baghdad’s totalitarian Baathist regime in 2003, Iraq has not seen political and security stability. The Iraqi...
Solving the liberation vs. occupation dilemma will not save Iraq
For the 19th year, Iraqis, Arabs and others around the globe differed on defining what happened on April 9, 2003,...
Iraq should not be ignored amid world’s many crises
The world is today preoccupied with many dangerous global events. In particular, it is anxiously awaiting a resolution to the...
To counter Iran, Biden should support Iraq’s election outcome
Iraq's recent election results provide an opportunity to counter Iran and strengthen the U.S.-Iraqi relationship. Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have...
Situation Report: Iran-linked groups behind overnight drone attack in Iraq
Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt targeting his residence on November 7. An explosive-laden drone struck the...
Iraqi election results put pro-Iran parties in the hot seat
This election will significantly impact Iraq’s relationship with its neighbors and the United States for years to come. After the...
Why is the world silent on Iraq’s Tiananmen?
It has been 32 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. At the time, thousands of students were demonstrating...
Nation-building in Afghanistan, Iraq was never going to work
As usual, after World War I, victors plundered losers, especially the German one. The victors demanded the payment of huge...
The US military forgot the lessons of Vietnam in Afghanistan and Iraq
Kabul has fallen. American foreign policy and military doctrine are in disarray. But it didn’t have to be this way. After Vietnam, the...
The latest round of US-Iraq talks change nothing
The United States is ending its combat mission in Iraq, President Joe Biden announced in a joint statement with Iraqi...
Situation Report: US targets Iranian assets on Syria-Iraq border
On June 27, the U.S. State Department said it carried out defensive precision airstrikes against assets used by Iran-backed militias...
Joe Biden may regret pulling air defenses from Iraq and Saudi Arabia
The Biden administration is withdrawing several air defense assets from countries across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait,...